Dem primaries

Dem primaries

Despite not-so-gently nudging the White House over the past
week, Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) says he wants to be President Barack Obama’s
biggest ally in the Senate.

Sestak made waves last week when he disclosed that the White
House had offered him a job in exchange for ending his primary challenge to
Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.). And this week, Sestak’s campaign launched a video
in which Obama supporters express disappointment in the president’s decision to
back Specter.

But Sestak said in an interview with The Hill that even
though he is trying to change how politics is done, there is no ill will toward
the president.

“The president actually, I believe, wants a real Democrat in
this seat,” Sestak said. “The president is right, and I want to be one of his strongest
allies – not a yes man – in effecting his policies.”

Sestak said he didn’t seek to hurt the president by saying
he was offered a job. He said he was merely answering a question.

Sestak declined to elaborate on who offered the job or what
job it was.